Chapter 922
Investment from Two Rich Women
“The equipment and licenses are all readily available here. In other words, we can make a quick buck and leave.” Chen Xi didn’t elaborate further.
"Alright, alright, we can't wait!" The new mother-in-law didn't have much to do; besides a botanical garden and a few tourist attractions, there wasn't much to see. The people Chen Xi brought were already bored and were all eager to get to work.
"You bunch of people think you can get into finance?" At that moment, a short-haired woman with a wheatish complexion, who was about the same age as them, walked over.
The woman spoke in English, her tone quite sarcastic.
"Who are you?" a finance student retorted immediately, not one to back down.
"I'm a financial advisor for this company. America said I wanted to help you. I thought a group of professionals were coming, but it turns out they're all from over there..." The woman crossed her arms, looking disgusted.
"So what if we're from over there?" the boy said, hands on his hips.
"This quantitative trading is different from what you do in finance over there. Your financial institutions only know how to brag and fabricate. I remember when I was a kid studying there, we had to write essays in Chinese class. I wanted to write about my own opinions, but the teacher wouldn't let me. We had to follow a fixed template, which resulted in all the students writing almost the same thing. In the end, the teacher graded the essays based on who wrote the most beautiful sentences and how much they praised and lauded. You tell me, as a foreigner, what do I know about praising and lauding? This is just asking me to lie and make things up..." The woman went on and on.
Those present were left with a lot of questions, not understanding what she was trying to say.
Seeing the collective silence, the woman thought for a moment and then said, "What I mean is, the people there are like mass-produced products on an assembly line. They don't know how to innovate; they only know how to imitate. The financial market is constantly changing. Playing quantitative finance isn't just about publishing fake news in the newspaper. It's not about buying a model and using it directly. And you can't falsify the data..."
Although what the woman said wasn't pleasant to hear, it was the truth.
Chen Xi still remembers writing compositions when he was in elementary school in China. At first, his Chinese grades were not very good, but later they improved steadily.
The reason is that he found the door to knock on.
The knocking on the door was naturally what the woman had just mentioned: the essay should have 'beautiful' sentences and 'positive' content that aligns with 'positive energy'.
For example, once the teacher asked them to go back and write an essay with the topic "My XX", which means writing about their family members.
He had written about his parents before, so he definitely couldn't write about them again this time, since Chen Yifeng hadn't changed wives back then.
After much thought, he could only turn his attention to his grandparents.
Chen Kaiwen and Huang Jingfang didn't fit the positive energy theme at all, so he started writing about Jing Li.
Jing Li was a doctor, but he was already quite old at that time, and his position was not low, so he wasn't usually that busy.
However, if you want to get a high score, you have no choice but to make some changes.
Finally, an article about my grandmother's struggle in the operating room for more than ten hours was born.
Chen Xi wrote this short essay by lying, but still got first place in the class. As for the reason, Chen Xi felt that the positive content was one aspect, and another was that the teacher might think it would be useful when seeing a doctor in the future.
This reminded him of a reference to a movie, "My District Chief Father".
Although the content was fake, Jing Li was very happy. She would often think of it and praise her grandson, Chen Xi.
After the woman finished speaking, the boy surprisingly did not refute her.
Because what they said was the absolute truth.
Perhaps the way they are taught from a young age to lie and think in unison is ingrained in their bones, in the eyes of foreigners.
It's often said that international students' thinking changes after they go abroad.
That's true, but not entirely accurate.
Some things, once you get used to them as a child, are very difficult to change when you grow up.
This is probably why no one present responded.
Seeing everyone's tacit agreement, the woman toned down her temper somewhat. She waved her hand at Chen Xi and the others, "Never mind, never mind. I'm not discriminating against you, I'm just worried you'll mess things up. My name is Elaine, and this operation is funded by multiple parties..."
Chen Xi stood aside, watching all of this with great interest.
Although Elaine said she didn't discriminate, anyone with a brain knows she did.
Even in Chinatown, where many Chinese people live, shops display signs saying they don't hire people from country X, let alone her.
Chen Xi's understanding of discrimination is constantly evolving.
At first, he thought it was because Chinese people were too poor, but later he realized that wasn't the case. Because the families of international students were generally quite wealthy, the claim that they were poor was untenable.
Then he realized it might be due to the foreigners' lack of manners, or perhaps they simply didn't understand Guoxiang. This is because foreigners' understanding of Chinese people comes primarily from the news, some of which is naturally false.
Later, he realized that wasn't the main reason. The main reason was that Chinese people don't like to follow rules. More precisely, they don't like to follow foreign rules.
Chen Xi's research revealed that this was because the rules on both sides were different. In other words, our rules are different from those in most parts of the world.
It's just like writing an essay. If you don't follow the template and write whatever you want, you're destined to get a low score.
Even after going abroad, when teachers ask you to write according to their rules, you still can't quite change. Because deep down, you feel that doing it this way is the right thing to do.
For example, Chen Xi often visits South Korea, and you can often see South Koreans working in South Korean restaurants.
老板说这个工作流程是按照1、2、3、4、5这个步骤来完成。但国人非要从1直接就跳到5来做，虽然说结果看似都差不多。
Nine out of ten South Korean business owners would be very angry if they saw this situation, and they would say, "Why aren't you following my instructions?"
Chinese employees would reply, "Isn't the result the same? We need to learn to be flexible!"
However, such compromises often lead to serious problems abroad.
"Let's all do as Elaine says."
"I'm handing these people over to you. Of course, I hope you didn't just say it. Your performance this time will determine your future promotion speed, since I will report the results to America, or you could say directly to Rogers."
Chen Xi looked at everyone and then smiled at Elaine.
"Hmph." Elaine, who had initially wanted to put on a brave face when she heard the words "America" and "Rogers," ultimately backed down.
"Alright, let's begin the advanced training!" Chen Xi clapped his hands. Although everyone present had achieved good results in their respective fields, they were basically all beginners when it came to quantitative foreign exchange trading.
If we want to get them all together on a project, we'll have to run a crash course.
Of course, Chen Xi wasn't very good at lecturing, so he left it all to Elaine.
Another office building.
On the sofa, Mr. Zhu sat there nervously, rubbing his hands.
Two women were sitting opposite him.
The girl on the left has long, wavy hair and a cute face, but her eyes are extremely cold. She wears a fitted long dress, her legs crossed, and her domineering aura makes her petite figure appear even more imposing.
The woman on the right was tall, and even sitting down, her stunningly long legs were clearly visible. She was looking down at her nails, occasionally glancing at President Zhu with an undisguised arrogance in her eyes.
"Mr. Zhu, right?"
The one who spoke was the long-legged woman.
“Yesterday at the hotel, we happened to be staying there, and we listened to part of your conference. To be honest, it was quite noisy. But that exchange you mentioned sounded rather interesting,” Jin Nana said casually.
Mr. Zhu immediately put on a smiling face: "Ladies, you have excellent taste. 3X Exchange's current AI algorithm is world-leading, and our community users..."
“I’m not interested in your community. That’s for poor people who work themselves to the bone on a few tens of thousands of dollars in pension. The elders in my family only look at data, real data that can be retrieved from the global clearing system,” Saori interrupted him.
Mr. Zhu's smile froze for a moment, then returned to normal: "I understand. Safety is the top priority for large family investments."
"It's not just about safety, it's about efficiency." Saori took a business card out of her bag, but instead of handing it to President Zhu, she casually pushed it onto the edge of the table.
“We are responsible for the clearing of several major agricultural trades in the island nation, and we have a lot of capital tied up in our accounts. If we think it’s feasible, we will initially allocate a small amount of money to test the waters.”
"How much change?" Mr. Zhu asked tentatively.
Jin Nana gave a soft hum, turned her phone screen towards President Zhu, and tapped the mobile banking app with her slender fingers, which displayed her bank balance.
The string of zeros made President Zhu's pupils contract sharply.
“This is some of my new mother-in-law’s savings. My father also has some shares in the energy and construction industries, and he’s been looking into Web3 lately. If your AI can really capture some substantial interest rate differentials in the fluctuations of Kimchi Coin and Sakura Coin as advertised, we wouldn’t mind transferring this money over.” Kim Nana put her phone away, speaking as if she were talking about grocery money.
General Manager Zhu swallowed hard.
These two people exuded such a composed aura.
That kind of indifference to enormous wealth that is inadvertently revealed can only be cultivated in top-tier tycoon families.
"How would you two like to confirm this?" Mr. Zhu's eyes revealed his barely concealed eagerness.
"We want to see a live demonstration, to see the real trading returns of your AI account in the international forex market. If you dare to use fake data to fool us, I guarantee you won't be able to stay in the new management company." Saori stared into President Zhu's eyes, her tone like she was giving an order.
Mr. Zhu remained silent for a moment, his mind racing with calculations.
Using funds from the pool for live trading demonstrations is risky, but once these two big players enter the market, 3X Exchange can instantly achieve a leap in status.
“No problem. On the day of the global conference, I will personally open the live trading channel. We will let everyone see how 3X's AI is reaping the market.” Mr. Zhu slammed his hand on the table, his eyes fierce.
Jin Nana stood up and smoothed out the wrinkles on her skirt: "That's for the best. President Zhu, don't let us down."
Saori didn't say anything, but coldly pushed the door open and left.
Mr. Zhu watched the two figures disappear outside the door, and after a long while, he excitedly clenched his fist.
"Yay!"
"Yay! I'm about to take off!"
Faced with such a big matter, his first thought was naturally to discuss it with his accomplices.
So Mr. Zhu couldn't wait to pick up his phone.
"Two young, wealthy women? They just happened to hear our conference speech and became interested? They even said they wanted to invest?" Thomas was silent for a moment on the phone before asking three questions in a row.
"Yes, they just showed me their funds. They have hundreds of millions in the bank! And that's just one of theirs; the other one hasn't shown her balance yet. They're practically two big fat sheep! Don't worry, I just checked. It's definitely the new mother-in-law's bank deposit. I can have a friend at the bank verify it." Seeing that the other party didn't believe him, Mr. Zhu quickly explained.
"Wait, how did they get in? Participants in the conference need to wear hats of a specific color."
"They said there's a small shop near the entrance that sells them."
"Yes, that's true. But just to be on the safe side, we still need to confirm whether the other party is a big fish." Hearing this, Thomas relaxed his vigilance a bit.
"No problem. We run a Ponzi scheme, would we be fooled? I'll have someone investigate right away. By the way, those two aren't comfortable investing so much money. They said they want to test our technology!" Mr. Zhu suddenly remembered something and quickly added.
"Oh? How do they want to verify it?"
"Of course, it's to verify our AI trading robot. I told them we'd do a hands-on demonstration at the conference in a few days. Oh, and they specifically requested to trade Kimchi Coin and Sakura Coin..."
"Hehe, that doesn't matter. You don't understand what they want. Tax audits in countries like South Korea and Japan are very strict. These two women are carrying so much money, and they're so young. Their elders aren't showing up, so it's definitely about transferring funds! So, whether it's profitable or not is just a pretext. What they want is to transfer the funds safely and legally without losing too much money! The woman showed you the money in her new mother-in-law's bank account. This means they've already transferred a large sum of money, but in reality, it's been severely devalued. Right now, the global crackdown on money laundering is very strong, and the fees for money laundering have skyrocketed. As long as we can satisfy them during this demonstration, it means there will be more money coming in. However, we're a Ponzi scheme, not a money laundering operation. So, as long as we take the money they have now, that's OK!" Thomas said with a smile.
"Yes, yes, that's what I think too. These two women probably have over a billion yuan in cash combined. Let's fleece a couple of fat sheep and then go somewhere else to have fun," President Zhu nodded in agreement.
After hanging up the phone, Thomas's smile grew even brighter.
Hehe, wait until I make this money.
If I contact these two women privately and help their families launder money, wouldn't I earn even more?
I won't step in this time. I'll wait until they've both been toughened up by society before I come to their rescue as their savior.
At that moment, Thomas was pleased with his own little scheme, and turned around to open a bottle of red wine to celebrate alone. (End of Chapter)